Poetry from Dave Douglas

 

He met his new partner

In the inner-city trenches

Wrapped in neck tattoos

Reflected off the graffiti

Of the perspiring walls

 

Out of the corner of his eye

He saw the calculations

Triggered by sensory input

Enabling targeted algorithms

Which exceeded intuition

Without moving a joint

His weapon emerged

From the alley of his sleeve

His assailant captured

Before the city lost a pulse

 

He was back on the beat

While the sound of accolades

Were still mixed in the air

Syncopated to each stride

By his singular dance

 

By his singular dance

By his singular dance

 

By his singular dance

He was back on the beat

His weapon emerged

Triggered by sensory input

From the perspiring walls

 

His partner met his stare

In the inner-circuit trenches

Wrapped in nano-tattoos

Reflected onto the walls

Of his cranial unit

 

He heard the dreadful order

When his partner ignored his

As he wrestled with his duty

All three laws of robotics

And the Law they upheld

 

His blood pumped adrenaline

Neurons fired off the decision

As he fired a single shot –

His partner out of service

As he blindly obeyed his …

 

And then, with realization apparent

It is he; it is he who is the machine!

 

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